AVOCA LAGOON KAYAK - 18 FEBRUARY 2018

An early morning paddle around Avoca Lagoon.



The highlight today was the birds as there was a  number of species.

 Black-winged Stilt with chicks and a nest with three eggs. :)

Royal Spoonbill

Swamphen

Cockatoos

Duck - too high to guess species

Pied Cormorant

Great Egret

Australian White Ibis

Welcome Swallow

Australian Pelican

NORTH ENTRANCE BIRDS - 16 AUGUST 2016

A warm and sunny winter's morning. a lot of weather like this lately.

I drove around looking for a surf but no luck. The tide was too high but the beaches looked pretty.

I stopped at Tuggerah Lake on the way back home and wandered around the lake edge in the wind sheltered area behind the islands. There were a lot of birds congregated here. I had a nice time watching and photographing them.

 Red Wattlebird - Anthochaera carunculata

AVOCA LAGOON KAYAK - 4 JULY 2016

A cold 2.06 km morning kayak on Avoca Lagoon.

The water level was low so it was a bit tricky keeping to deep enough water. The water was the clearest I have ever seen it. Even in the mudflat area the water was clear.

There were a few birds around - pelicans, swamp hens, gulls and cormorants - and out of the wind the reflections were so pretty.

It was a brisk paddle as my hands were so cold.

PELICAN ISLAND KAYAK - 2 MARCH 2016

It is officially Autumn but the weather is still hot and will remain so for a while. A beautiful sunny day again. Sometimes, it becomes a worry when there are so many days without rain.


I drove to the Woy Woy channel and launched the kayak off a small sandy beach into clear calm water.

It was only a short paddle across the channel to Pelican Island but it was a world apart from the manicured urban other side of the channel. With in a short time, I came across an ibis foraging in the mangrove shallows for food.

A little further along the island is spilt in two by a narrow channel which enters into a shallow and wide bay. I paddled through and across the bay with pelicans, cormorants and ducks on the water and large flocks of sulphur cockatoos flying overhead.

I paddled around the island close to shore where there was water deep enough to navigate. In addition, a short distance from the shore the island is surrounded by oyster farms.

Towards the end, There was a small beach on the channel apex of the island. there were a number of birds here and the water was very clear. A speed boat passing by caused waves which broke on the shallow sand banks of the beach giving off a nice surfing wave type effect.

Back to the van and feeling good though a little sore on the rump from the 3.44 km paddle.

Afterwards, I drove to Terrigal Haven for a swim and a paddle on my new surfboard.

CENTRAL COAST - BRISBANE WATER - FAGANS BAY - KAYAK - 4 JANUARY 2015

I had a kayak with John at Fagans Bay at West Gosford.


It was a nice kayak - warm sunrise, clear water, different birds in flight or foraging for food (spoonbills, cormorants, ibises, egrets) swirling water, increasing tide movement, quiet, 'tank rocks', bridges (railway and old railway bridge remains) and fish breaching the water.

A good kayak with good company.

5.04 km

1: 58 hrs